Boosie legal trouble is piling up again, and this time a Houston security guard is taking the rapper to civil court over the same alleged nightclub confrontation that already landed him in a criminal case.
Edward Iglehart II has sued the “Set It Off” star, whose legal name is Torrence Hatch Jr., over an alleged May 24 incident at Dome Nightclub in Houston. Iglehart claims Boosie struck him in the head with a glass hookah while he was working security in the club’s VIP area.
The lawsuit adds a new legal front for Boosie just weeks after the alleged encounter led to a felony aggravated assault charge in Harris County and triggered an effort by federal probation officials to revoke his supervised release.
Iglehart says the confrontation began after a woman associated with Boosie approached him about using a restroom in the VIP area. Iglehart alleges he could not confirm whether she had permission to enter and directed her to another guard. He claims the interaction escalated when the woman became confrontational and hit him.
According to the lawsuit details reported by TMZ, Iglehart says he attempted to move the woman away from the restricted area before she fell. He alleges that while he bent down to retrieve her belongings, Boosie struck him with the hookah. Iglehart says he suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital.
Boosie’s new legal trouble does not stop with the assault and battery allegations. Iglehart is also pursuing a defamation claim over statements Boosie allegedly made about him on social media. The company connected to the nightclub, 1720 Main Street Entities, is also named as a defendant, with the lawsuit accusing the business of providing too much alcohol to Boosie and members of his group.
Boosie’s attorney, Carl A. Moore, pushed back against the allegations and urged the public to let the case unfold in court.
“We plan to vigorously investigate and defend Mr. Hatch against these allegations—we wish everyone would reserve any judgment and allow this case to play out in court,” Moore said, according to TMZ.
Moore also said the woman involved was related to Boosie and maintained that the rapper was attempting to “deescalate the situation.”
The civil case comes directly on the heels of the criminal case stemming from the same night. According to the Houston Chronicle, Boosie appeared in Harris County court on June 1 after being accused of hitting Iglehart with a glass hookah. Court filings cited by the outlet said the guard suffered a head injury that required eight staples. The outlet reported that Boosie received an $85,000 bond in the felony aggravated assault case.
Boosie has denied the assault accusation and previously framed the case as an attempt to get money from him.
“This is basically a money grab, man. It’s a money grab, bro. This is what you go through as an entertainer,” Boosie claimed. “The facts of the case will come out. I mean, we in court now.”
That criminal charge created an even bigger problem because Boosie was already serving federal supervised release when the Houston incident allegedly happened.
According to FOX 8, federal probation officials in the Southern District of California asked a judge in June to consider revoking Boosie’s supervised release. The request cited the new Texas charge along with allegations that he traveled to Houston and performed without receiving required approval.
FOX 8 also reported that probation officials cited a January drug test that showed cannabinoids. Boosie later disputed the travel allegation, telling followers that his probation officer located an email showing the Houston trip had been submitted and that the officer told him it would not count as a violation.
The federal recommendation significantly raised the stakes surrounding the Boosie legal trouble. FOX 8 reported that probation supervisors recommended an 18 month federal prison sentence that would run consecutively to any sentence he could receive in the Texas case, followed by another 18 months of supervised release.
The judge declined to issue an immediate bench warrant when the request was filed and instead summoned Boosie to court.
That supervision traces back to another legal battle that reached its conclusion only months before the Houston incident.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, Boosie was sentenced on January 9 after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo sentenced him to three years of supervised release, 300 hours of community service and a $50,000 fine.
The Justice Department said the federal case originated from a May 2023 incident in San Diego involving a loaded Glock 19. Prosecutors said Boosie eventually admitted that the firearm recovered from the seat where he had been sitting was the same weapon he possessed during the filming of a music video.
Before that January sentencing, Boosie had also launched an effort to secure clemency from Donald Trump, a move that has since produced another legal dispute.
According to NOTUS, Boosie paid JM Burkman & Associates $600,000 in 2025 to assist with his pardon effort. The pardon never materialized, and NOTUS reported that Boosie later pursued arbitration seeking the return of $300,000 that he claims should have been refunded under the agreement.
In a July 23 update, NOTUS reported that Boosie continued accusing Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl of withholding the money, while the firm maintained that no agreement requiring the partial refund was actually reached. Unlike the Houston lawsuit, Boosie is the party seeking relief in that dispute.
The legal issues have not been limited to Texas and California either.
In February, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office sought court assistance in an investigation involving Boosie’s use of late Southern University student Caleb Wilson’s name and image in connection with a memorial scholarship. According to WWL Louisiana, the state wanted Boosie to answer questions about the scholarship and said Wilson’s parents and Southern University had not authorized the use of his name or image in connection with the festival promotion.
Boosie denied wrongdoing in that matter, according to reporting at the time.
Now, the new lawsuit from Iglehart gives the rapper yet another case to address as several legal matters remain connected to one another.
For Boosie, the latest civil suit is no longer an isolated dispute over what allegedly happened inside a Houston nightclub.
It now sits alongside a pending felony case, a federal supervised release battle, a recently resolved gun prosecution, a six figure pardon dispute and another civil investigation in Louisiana.
